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He’s All Goat

  • Whit Arnold
  • August 1, 2017
I stared up at him, at his new muscular legs, his blossoming body, his trunks, his glory, in awe. I waited as long as I could, pretending to turn the two options over in my head, before saying, “Suicide.”
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FUNNY WOMEN #150: A Little More About Customer #7611594

  • Emily Meg Weinstein
  • February 15, 2017
As for your offer to help me make sure I am getting the right gear, this is another question that troubles me hourly. Am I getting the right gear?
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #7: The Art of the Accidental Selfie

  • Charles Kruger
  • October 7, 2016
One recent hot weekday afternoon, I told my partner—the guy who created the “Punk the Muse” logo and draws its cartoons—that I wanted to get out and about. We’d been…
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Weekly Geekery

  • Julia Ostmann
  • July 12, 2016
New York Times readers who ignore The Economist: Danger, groupthink ahead. Data suggests police de-escalation can work. Goats have feelings, too. (Sheep, not so much.) Babies brainwash you with their cuteness. If…
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The Man Who Wrote About Goats

  • Alex Norcia
  • February 19, 2015
Ever wondered how the Icelandic goats in Games of Thrones almost went extinct? Justin Taylor did, and he explores the answer at Pacific Standard.
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Forget Shark Week, It’s Goat Week!

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 19, 2013
Back in January, we blogged about a call for submissions at Modern Farmer, “a print quarterly and website devoted to the people, policy, animals, plants, and technology around farming and food.”…
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The Greater Meaning of Goats and Gossip

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • June 28, 2013
If there’s anything worse than accidentally CCing someone on an unflattering email about them, it’s receiving an unflattering email you weren’t supposed to see. When Tim Kreider discovered such an…
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